| [1] | WHO. Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 16 April 2021. 2021.https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-16-april-2021. [2021-7-15]. |
| [2] | Pryke J. Australia must take immediate action to stave off catastrophe in our nearest neighbour. The Australian. 2021.https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/australia-must-take-immediate-action-stave-catastrophe-our-nearest-neighbour#. [2021-7-15]. |
| [3] | Papua New Guinea Department of Health. Papua New Guinea emergency preparedness and response plan coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). Version 17, 2020.http://health.gov.pg/covid19/PNGEPRPCOVID19.pdf. [2021-7-16]. |
| [4] | Hollingsworth J. This country only has about 500 doctors for 9 million people. Now it’s dealing with a COVID outbreak. CNN. 2021.https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/27/asia/papua-new-guinea-covid-outbreak-intl-hnk-dst/index.html. [2021-7-15]. |
| [5] | World Health Organization. COVID-19 response. Report by the director-general. EB148. 2021.https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_16-en.pdf. [2021-7-15]. |
| [6] | Gao GF, Feng Y. On the ground in Sierra Leone. Science 2014;346(6209):666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.346.6209.666. |
| [7] | Liu WJ. On the ground in Western Africa: from the outbreak to the elapse of Ebola. Protein Cell 2016;7(9):621 − 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13238-016-0305-2. |